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engagement; betrothal

3

day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)

1

to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul

2

last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

1

breaking off an engagement

1

indignation; resentment

1

inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

5

to subsist; to keep on living

1

cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable

1

fist

1

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

4

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

2

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty

1

foreign guest

2

lodging house

2

lobby; lounge

1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

Huguenot

32

business; errand; nature of one's business

1

concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)

1

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

2

performance of one's official duties

2

your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right

9

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

2

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

2

to go up the stairs

1

top floor

2

one room

5

Vanessa

17

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

1

to straighten oneself

1

guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

2

bedroom

4

door; gate; opening; title page

5

older brother

2

smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed

1

jail; gaol; jailhouse

1

to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

1

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

1

house arrest

2

wrist

1

seal

1

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

2

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

2

fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden

1

to run around

1

to sit (down)

3

book; volume; this; present; main; head

2